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unusual facts about petrol station



Fairlie, North Ayrshire

These include the "Village Inn" (a pub and restaurant), a petrol station, a deli, a Chinese takeaway and a small gift and flower shop.

Faulconbridge, New South Wales

One known as Coomassie shops contains a petrol station, Chinese restaurant, tax accountant, hairdresser, vet, takeaway, pharmacy and liquor store while the second has a butchery, petrol station, hairdresser, physiotherapist, podiatrist, dance school, home builder and a large preschool.

Stocksfield

Amenities in Stocksfield include two post offices, an Esso petrol station, a Spar self-service store, a newsagent, two hairdressers, a butcher, a first school, a convenience store, a doctor's surgery and a vetinary surgery.

Wasserbillig

Despite its small population, Wasserbillig is home to ExxonMobil's largest petrol station, which serves the A1 motorway, leading into Germany.

Yellow Bus Services

In an attempt to increase revenue by diversification YBS built a petrol station on their premises in 1955; this aspect of business expanded over the following years to include car repairs, tyre, battery and accessory sales, together with a paraffin delivery service.


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Aspendale Gardens, Victoria

In Aspendale Gardens, there is a 7-Eleven petrol station, a shopping centre, a dentist, a kindergarten, a primary school, a vet, a community centre and a retirement village named Richfields.

Barry Snowdon

In summer 2008, when carrying out his normal rounds, Barry saw a private highways truck containing high-pressure gas bottles and other highly flammable items on fire only yards away from the BP petrol station on Sherwood Street in Warsop.

Birches Bridge

Birches Bridge is home to Bilbrook railway station and Birches Bridge Shopping Centre, which features a HSBC branch, a Co-operative supermarket and an Esso petrol station amongst other shops and eateries.

Birstall, Leicestershire

North of the development, on the roundabout connecting the A46 and A6 is a new service area with a KFC, a Shell petrol station and an Etap Hotel.

Caldecote, South Cambridgeshire

A BP petrol station is located just outside Highfields on the former A428 road at Childerley Gate.

Cammeray, New South Wales

Miller Street, the main thoroughfare of Cammeray, is lined with restaurants influenced by Chinese, Thai and Italian cuisine, as well as several cafes, the local post office, a petrol station and many other small businesses like dentists and jewellers.

Carss Park, New South Wales

A small shopping strip is located on the Carwar Avenue near the intersection with the Princes Highway, containing a bottleshop, chemist, hairdresser, newsagent, petrol station and supermarket.

Chiseldon

The village has a surgery, as well as two hotels, an Esso petrol station, two shops (one housing a post office) and various other businesses.

Crescent Link Retail Park

This will be home to a new Sainsburys along with Petrol Station, a Premier Inn hotel and six screen cinema, along with other facilities for the local population.

Hennie Jacobs

In November 2008 Hennie Jacobs and his fianceé Marissa Vosloo fell victim to a hijacker at a petrol station at Paulshof in northern Johannesburg.

LonWorks

Since then, ANSI/CEA-709.1 has been accepted as the basis for IEEE 1473-L (in-train controls), AAR electro-pneumatic braking systems for freight trains, IFSF (European petrol station control), SEMI (semiconductor equipment manufacturing), and in 2005 as EN 14908 (European building automation standard).

Malborough

The village is also home to a large Co-op newsagent and Texaco petrol station, which is widely used by people from nearby villages such as Hope Cove, Bolberry, South Huish, South Milton and Galmpton.

Margery and Gladys

They are forced to break into a pharmacy to obtain insulin for Gladys's diabetes, 'do a runner' from a petrol station and dodge police cameras on the M25.

Minor Centre

Minor Centre includes a Tesco superstore, The Grove Green medical Centre, Mann Countrywide estate agents offices, Lloyds pharmacy, Johnsons Dry Cleaners, A Tesco Petrol Station, and the Newsrack News Agents, which includes the Grove Green Post Office.

Muhammad Hawadle Madar

His son Hassan Kul was murdered by a gang at a petrol station, after a trivial feud in Ladbrokes three days earlier.

Nazeing

After Total Petrol station was bought by Nazeing Parish Council, there have been plans for it to be made into a community hall.

Safari Cinema

Subsequently, the developers applied to Croydon Council for permission to construct 47 additional apartments on the site of the derelict Total/Elf/Fina petrol station, also on London Road.

Shiptonthorpe

In Shiptonthorpe there are two pubs, (one currently closed) a petrol station, two Churches, a shop, and a Renault main dealers.

Sondhi Limthongkul

Gunmen firing M-16 and AK-47 rifles shot out his tires at a petrol station in Bangkok and sprayed over 100 bullets into Sondhi’s car, wounding Sondhi and seriously wounding his driver.

Tickencote

On the northbound A1, sandwiched against the B1081 access road, is the Bloody Oaks Service Station with an OK Diner and a JET (previously a Texaco forecourt) petrol station.

Wankum

However, these coupons are only redeemable at certain petrol station (Shell, BP and Aral).

Wendy Cooper

Wendy was forced to sell the petrol station she owned because of her financial crisis but ended up buying the local bar – The I.V. with her husband Murray (Matthew Chamberlain).